--- a/src/luan/modules/Parsers.luan	Tue Jul 18 11:56:40 2023 -0600
+++ b/src/luan/modules/Parsers.luan	Thu Jul 27 17:24:49 2023 -0600
@@ -25,10 +25,23 @@
 local Table = require "luan:Table.luan"
 local java_to_table_deep = Table.java_to_table_deep or error()
 local JsonParser = require "java:goodjava.json.JsonParser"
+local ParseException = require "java:goodjava.parser.ParseException"
 
 -- converts json string to luan object
 function Parsers.json_parse(s)
-	local obj = JsonParser.parse(s)
+	local obj
+	try
+		obj = JsonParser.parse(s)
+	catch e
+		local java = e.java.getCause()
+		if java~=nil and java.instanceof(ParseException) then
+			e.message = java.getSuperMessage()
+			e.text = java.text or error()
+			e.error_index = java.errorIndex or error()
+			e.high_index = java.highIndex or error()
+		end
+		e.throw()
+	end
 	return type(obj)=="java" and java_to_table_deep(obj) or obj
 end